Kentucky!

Michael has called in to say that he, Calum, and Claire have made it to Kentucky! They are spending the night in Elkhorn City, KY. Apparently the day was a bit slow and disappointing mileagewise. I'm not aware what the total mileage was however, sorry!

The group was in hilly country and Claire even saw a bear! Michael and Calum were/are jealous of this sighting, though from what I could tell Claire wasn't best pleased to be the "lucky" one to spot it. Perhaps there are more to come, but they might just have to wait till they get to Wyoming for bears.

The group road out of Council, VA early this morning. They rode up to Haysi, VA and got some groceries. Then they rode on up to the VA/KY border. There was a quick break at the "Grand Canyon of the South," a gorge along the route. Continuing on, they next stopped and spent a good deal of time at Breaks Interstate Park trying to find a log for bikers to sign in. It was important for the three to find this log and sign because the log is used to promote awareness for alternative transportation and bicycling in Virginia. Then they pushed on to Elkhorn City, KY for the night.


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In addition to the roads, thunderstorms rolled over throughout the day. Here is a radar from this evening of the east coast. Notice the storm cells located now over VA. In the afternoon these were moving from Kentucky to Virginia, right over the crew's route. There were no problems, but Michael reported very wet roads and rain. Right now the radar shows scattered, light showers where Michael is staying and very severe weather to the north, along the Ohio border.


The weather tonight should not be a problem, however, because the three are staying in the basement of a church. Some female church members had a dinner meeting tonight and there was enough leftover food that they invited the three bikers to share. Michael said he was stuffed with deviled eggs, salad, ham sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, pasta, cheese and crackers, strawberry jam, and chips. Finally lots of dessert. The following list is a direct quote from Michael and he said that he had some of each thing listed: peanut butter things, chocolate and nut things (bar form), chocolate cake, chocolate pie, coconut cake, and gelatin peach goodness with nuts. Now off to bed sleepy and full!

Tomorrow the crew is aiming for Pippa Passes, KY. Good luck!